Woven elastic ribbon



J. HECK WOVEN ELASTIG RIBBON Filed March 27. 1925 A I /1 4 ,mmwwmmPatent-ed May 4, 19216.-

UNITED STATES PATENT .oi-Fica JOHN xnc'x, or cnrcneo, ILLINOIS, AssIGNon'ro A. 'STEIN a OOIIPANLOF CHICAGO.

ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION F ILLINOIS.

WOVEN nLAs'rIc RIBBON.

Application nieu laren 27,1925. 'serial No. 18,790.

L To all twhom may concern.'

y the following is a specification.

' The invention relates to elastic ribbon or fabric bands such as arecommonly employed for hose supporters, arm bands, and the like,

and seeks to provide an improved lconstruction comprising a strip ofelastic webbing covered on one or both sides with an ornamental shirredribbon or ribbons, one of which is interwoven with the edges of thewebbing, and also, in the preferred embodiment of the invention, extendsover its edge.v The invention is illustrated in the preferred form inthe accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the ap.A

pended claims. Figure 1 is a View of one face of the improved ribbon,and'which face will usually constitute its back. Figure 2 is a crosssection on'the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and Figure- 3 is a detail sectionillustrating the manner of connecting the edges of the elastic webbingand the shirred ribbon forming its back or lining.

The improved elastic ribbon orp'fabric band comprises an intermediatefiat strip a .of elastic webbing formed, as usual,fof stout cottonthreads and having longitudinal or vwarp threads 1 of rubber extendingtherethrough. In the referred form, the elastic webbing isprovi ed witha facing b and a formed of shirred ribbons of considerably lighterweight than the webbing and are usually made of silk. The shirred ribbonfacing b is connected to the webbing and to the back or lining bylongitudinal rows of stitches 2 extending through the webbing andbacking adjacent their edges, with the facing extending beyondsuch Theshirred ribbon backing or lining c extends over and covers the edges ofthe webbing a and is interwoven' therewith, preferably as more clearlyindicated in Fig. 3. The elastic webbing, as shown, comprises `inaddition to the rubber warp threads 1, intermediate liber warp theadsvaand a fiber weft thread 5, the threads 4 and 5 being quite stout andusually formed of cotton. The shirred ribbon c forming the backingedges' to form ornamental frills 3.

or lining for the webbing is usually formed' of silk and comprises warpthreads 6 and a weft' or filling thread 7. As shown; the edge portionsof the bac-king ribbon extend over and cover the edges of the webbingwith the loops 8 between the picks of its-weft encircling the edges ofthe webbing and extending through the same at points adjacent its edges.In Fig. 3, one such loop is indicated in full lines and the next adjacentl loop in dotted lines. With this arrangement, it is obvious thatthe overlapping edge portions a of the backing or lining ribbon c willonly have one half the number of picks as the main portion thereof.

n The elastic webbing and the ribbon backing or lining must, of course,be woven at the same time and their edges interwoven, as described, in asuitable double shuttle loom, the 4backing being woven fuller than thewebbing so that the backing will be shirred by the contraction of thewebbing.` The improvement provides an elastic band orstrip of webbing,one face and the edges4 of which are covered with an ornamental shirredribbon which are interwoven at their selvage edges. WVhen, as preferred,the webbing is also provided with a shirred ribthe latter is secured inplace preferably extend through the webbing and the backing along thelines between the main body of the backing and its overlapping edge portions c Obviously, changes may be made in the details set forth withoutdeparture from the appended claims. l

I claim as .my invention a 1.An elastic ribbon comprising` an elasticwebbing, a shirred lining interwoven at its edges with the edges of saidwebbing, and a shirred lfacing stitched to said webbing and said liningand extending beyond the edges thereof. A

2.- An elastic ribbon comprising an elastic webbing, a non-elasticshirred linin having its edges extending over and having its weftslooped around the edges of said webbilig, and a shirred facing stitchedto said webbing and said lining.

3. An elastic ribbon comprising an elastic webbing, a non-elasticshirred lining having its edges extending over and interwoven with theedges of said webbing, and a nonelastic shirred facing stitched to thewebbing iio and lining and extending beyond the edges thereof.

4. A fabric band comprising an elastic webbing and a non-elastic shirredribbon` the edges of the webbing, the ribbon having the loops betweenthe picks of its weft thread extending through its said edge portionsand through the webbing at points adjacent its edges and the saidoverlapping edge portions of the ribbon having one half the number ofpicks of weft as the main portion thereof.

7. A fabric band comprising an elastic webbing, a shirred ribbon on oneside of the webbing, the webbing and the ribbon having interwovenselvage edges in which the wefts of the ribbon are looped about the-warpthreads of the webbing, and a shirred ribbon on the other side of thewebbing.

8. An elastic ribbon comprising an elastic webbing, and an inelasticlining having its threads looped around and covering the edges of thewebbing.

9. An elastic ribbon comprising an elastic webbing' having elastic andinelastic warp threads and vinelastic weft threads, and a shirred lininghaving inelastic weft threads extending around and interwoven with theelastic warp threads and inelastic weft threads of said webbing adjacentthe edges thereof. f

10. An elastic ribbon comprisingan elastic webbing having elastic andinelastic warp threads andinelastic weft threads, and a lining` inwardshirred inelastic lining having its vinelastic weft threads at itsedges'extending over and interwoven with the .edges to cover the same. s12. An elastic ribbon comprising an elastic webbing, a shirred lininghaving its lweft threads at its edges extending over and interwoven withthe edges of said webbino', afndfa shirred facin stitched to the webbingand y of said interwoven parts. 13. An elastic ribbon comprising anelastic webbing including elastic warp threads and inelastic warp andweft threads, and a shirred lining have both its warp and weft threadsat its edges extending over the edges of said webbing of the elasticwebbing and its weft threadsinterwoven with the erastic warp threads andinelastic weft threads` of the webbing at the edges of said webbing.

l4.-A fabric band comprising'an elastic -Y webbing including inelasticweft threads and weft loops at its edges and a shirred ribbon, thewebbing and the ribbon havino' interwoven selvage edges with theinelastic wefts of the elastic webbing looped ,around the warps and theweft loops ofthe elastic webbing at the edges of the elastic webbing.

15. A woven elastic ribboicomprisingan inelastic webbing includinginelastic warps and wefts and elastic warps located at intermediatevpoints and at its edges, the wefts having loops extending around theelasticl warps at the edges, and an inelastic webbing or backinginterwoven at its edges with the edges of the elastic webbing, vthewefts of the' inelastic webbing or backing being looped around the weftloops andthe elastic warps of the elastic webbing at the edges of thelatter and having its inelastic warps also positioned therearound. yJOHN HECK.`

